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German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt and Volkswagen brand chief Herbert Diess (Photo: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Calls for an end of the internal combustion engine by 2030 in Germany are “utter nonsense,” the country’s Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said yesterday to Germany’s wire service DPA. “A complete end of the internal combustion [...]read more

BERLIN (Reuters) - German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt has invited U.S. experts to Germany to observe checks being conducted on vehicles with diesel engines, as a result of Volkswagen's emissions-rigging scandal. On a visit...

Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller (Photo: TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP/Getty Images) Volkswagen AG further “improved” its defeat device software long after the German automaker came into the crosshairs of Californian regulator CARB, research of...

German authorities said Wednesday that they would retest all Volkswagen cars — regardless of engine type or brand — for emissions compliance, Reuters reported. German transportation minister Alexander Dobrindt expressed his “irritat...

German Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt in a Tesla S at the 2014 AMI Auto Show (Photo: Jens Schlueter/Getty Images) Diesel and gasoline-powered vehicles officially are an endangered species in Germany, and possibly all of the E...